Die stock



March 3, 1931. w s u 1,794,805

DIES'YI'OCK Filed Aug. 21, 1928 I N VEN TOR.

A TTORNEYJIQ Patented Mar. 1931 v UNITED STATES PATENT 'orricis yf,

RUSSELL B. 'rnwxsnunyfor nucmn, OHIO, assrenon roirnn osrnn maemcwa. ING COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, OHIO,1A CORPORATION, or 01:10,

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Application filed August 21, was. serial no. 301,119.

The present invention relates, as indicated, to a die stock, and more particularlyto a stock of the receding chaser type. The primary object of the invention is to pro- &vide a simple and inexpensive, though eflicient, die stock of the typeindicated. Further objects of theinvention will appear as the description proceeds. To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends,

said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly' pointed out in the claim.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detailcertain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in Whichth'e principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing: Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view through a die stock constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; and Fig. 3 is afragmentary sectional view of a modification. V V Referring more particularly to the drawe ings it will be seen that the device comprises essentially a work holder indicated generally at 10 and a'. die head indicated generally at 11. The work holder 10 comprises 30 a ring or collar 12 formed with a plurality of screw threaded apertures 13 for thereception of clamp screws 14. As will be obvious said screws are adapted to be turned up to clamp into position a piece of work in the ring 12 for the obvious purpose. A plurality of webs 16 integrally secure to the ring 12 a 'secondring 17 internally threaded as at 18. Said ring 17 is formed with an external annular flange 19 the purpose of which will be explained hereinafter.

The head 11 comprisesa plate 20 formed with a pair of oppositely projecting socket in the stock. A collar 15 may be inserted,

formed with 'ai lurality' of apertures 26 parallel withthe axisof the plate and opening, respectively, into the outer'endsof said slots 24'. Each of said apertures 26 is adapted to accommodate a oam'pin'27 for apurpo'se to be hereinafter stated. Said plate 20 carries or is formed withan annular skirt or sleeve 28 surrounding said bore 20yand projecting axially from the lower surface of sai'dp'late'. Said sleeve'isexternallythreaded as at 29 for cooperation with the internal threads 18 ofthering17. 1 Each of the cam pins 27 is formed on its one sidew-ith a cam face 30, said pins being adapted to engage the respective chasers 25. At'it-s lower end, each of said pins is formed with an enlargement 31 which is transversely slotted,as at 32, the: slots being formed in the same sides of the pins as are th'e'cam faces 30." As is clearly shown inFig. 1, the slots 32 in the cam pins 27 receive the flange 1'9on the ring17'of'the work holder 10. Y In Fig. 3 I have shown a sl'ght modifica tion in'which the plate 33 is formed with slots 34- for the accommodation ofchasers 35 and their outer ends do not project into the apertures 36. When, however, said chasers do project into such apertures, as is always the case when a piece of work is in the stock, such projection of the chasers 35 will prevent the passage of the stop projections 38 through the apertures 36, and will thus prevent the. complete removal of the plate 33 from its .WOI'k holder.

The operation of thedevice will undoubted- 1y be clear from'the above, but a short summary thereof may be given herewith. lVith the parts in the positions shown in Fig.1, a piece of work is placed in the stock and the Work holder 10 is held stationary. Such relative rotation of the head 11, through the screw threads 1829, causes reciprocation of the head with respect to the work holder. As will be obvious, the cam pins 27 move circumferentially about the work holder 10, being guided by the engagement of the flange 19 in the slots 32. Such engagementprevents reciprocation of the pins 27 with respect to the work holder 10, however, and consequently the chasers 25 move downwardly in Fig. 1 along the pins 27. Since the cam faces 30 of v the pins 27 incline outwardly and downwardly in Fig. 1, it will be seen that such movement of the chasers 25 permits recession thereof, and that the operation ofthe die stock will result in the formation of a tapered thread on the work.

Othervmodes of applying-the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, .change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the meansstated by-the following claim or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described, a head, an externally threaded axially extending sleeve on said head, said head being formed with a plurality of radial slots and with a like number of pal-axial apertures opening into the outer ends of said respective slots, chasers in said-slots, a pin in each of said apertures, each of said pins being formed with a cam face on its inner side and with a transverse slot on its inner side, a work holder having an internally threaded bore adapted to receive said sleeve, and an annular flange on said work holder, said pin slots cooperating with said flange.

Signed by me this 17th day of August,

' RUSSELL B. TEWKSBURY. 

